"Police," this case, means a lot more than just those guys who drive around with handcuffs on their belt and doughnut crumbs on their laps. It meas all the enforcement mechanisms of society--including those parts responsible for propaganda.

The Reddit revolution continues as smartphone-wielding revolutionaries lay claim to all the gold in the land; left and right alike begin to revolt against despotic COVID lockdown measures; we add to yesterday's discussion of what really makes a Marxist revolution.

In the wake of the Gamestop and hedge fund debacle, we take a look at the trends in American economic and monetary policy that foretell an impending disintegration of the American imperial order.

Biden has big plans for "unity," but he also has big plans for ramming through a very divisive set of ideas, from a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants to a healthcare plan to green energy reforms. You can't "let them eat cake" and "let them have cake" at the same time. How will we resolve the fault lines of conflict that threaten us with more earthquakes and seismic shifts as Biden begins his administration?

It's Inauguration Day, and that means it's time to talk about...well, frankly, the same stuff we always talk about. Specifically, we tackle yesterday's question about whether capitalism is always imperialistic, and whether it always degenerates into fascism. This slides into a discussion about Biden's economic policies and the impending new War on Domestic Terror.

On the last day of the Trump Administration, we look at the cultural and political legacy of the last four years: polarization, everything is a "threat to democracy," banana republics, political unrest, cultural division, and censorship. Where did it all come from, and what does it all mean?

Debates over white supremacy and Black Lives Matter, lockdowns and warfare--these are no longer the age-old disputes between right and left over policy: we really don't know what--or who--really matters anymore.

Only those who are in the know will truly appreciate the hilarity of this episode title--unless, of course, they watch this episode! We discuss the "left-wing" institutions, Trump's travails trying to avoid paying Rudy Giuliani, and Joe Biden's "COVID relief" package--that's really so much MORE (i.e., everything the progressives wanted anyway).

Donald Trump became yesterday the first president in American history to be impeached TWICE. This is hardly the first thing about Trump's presidency to be unprecedented, however. We examine the impeachment, what can and can't happen, what should and shouldn't happen, and also have a discussion about whether marginalizing far-right voices will cause them to radicalize further.

In the wake of the mass deplatforming of Trump and his most enthusiastic allies, it's become clear that no one in the United States has more power as a class than the CEOs of the largest corporations. Do we want to live in a society governed by business leaders?